Stuffed fruit.



H. G. NEWGOMB.

STUFFED FRUIT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.15, 1914.

Patented Mar. 23, 1915.

s55 a d gm HORACE C. NEWCOMB, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

STUFFED rnUI'r.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 23, 1915.

Application filed. August 15, 1914. Serial no. 856,929.

after being pitted, have the cavity stuffed with some edible substanceor compound. Hereinafter, for convenience, I will refer to the fruit asan olive.

One object of my invention is to prevent the loss of the stufling or anypart of it in the subsequent handling of the olive, and a further objectis to prevent impairment of the external appearance of the olive byreason of the pitting and stufling of the same.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stulfedolive prepared in accordance with my invention; Figs. 2 and 3 aresectional views illustrating successive steps inthe operation ofremoving the pit from the olive, and Fig. l is a sectional view of thestuffed olive prepared in accordance with my invention.

In the present method of stufiing olives the pit is first removed fromthefleshy portion of the fruit and in the cavity thus formed is inserteda folded strip of the fruit of the pepper plant, but the objections tothis method are the liability to displacement or loss of the stuffingstrip in the subsequent handling of the olive, and the impairment of thesmooth external appearance of the olive when stuffed in this manner.

' In carrying out my invention Ifirst cut through the flesh 1 at one endof the olive above the pit 2 by means of a tubular cutter .3, as shownin Fig. 2, said cutter being preferably of hexagonal or other polygonalform for the reason hereinafter explained. By means of a plunger 4passed through the flesh at the other end of the olive I then eject thepit 2 and the fleshy mass 1 above the same. as shown in Fig. therebyleaving a cavity 5 which is after-ward filledwith a mass of some ediblematerial or compound with which it is desired to stuff the olive. Lhemouth of the cavity is then closed by means of a plug 7 of some ediblematerial, such for instance as the fruit of the pepper plant, this plugbeing of such size that it will completely fill the mouth of the cavityand will be retained in position by frictional contact with the walls ofthe same,- so that it is not likely to be displaced by the handling towhich the olive is subjected subsequent to the filling of the same. Thesurface of the plug also constitutes a continuation of the smoothexternal surface of the olive and'therefore does not impair theattractive portion of the strip usually employed as a stufling.

The purpose of employing a tubular cutting knife and plug of hexagonalor equivalent polygonal form is to prevent waste in theeutting of theplugs from a strip of the edible material employed'for the purpose,

since it is evident that almost if not quite appearance of the same asdoes the folded the entire area of the strip can be utilized in theproduction of such polygonal plugs,

whereas plugs of circular or oval shape can-- not be produced without arelatively high percentage of waste. important factor, however, plugs ofcircular or 'oval shape may be used.

I claim:

'l.- A stuffed fruit having the cavity originally occupied by the pitfilled with edible stufiing material and having the mouth of said cavityclosed by a'plug of edible material which fits snugly to the walls ofthe cavity and is retained in position by frictional contact therewith.y

2. A stuffed. fruit having the cavity origi- Where this is not an nallyoccupied by the pit filled with edible stufiing material, said cavityhaving a mouth of polygonal shape filled by a similarly .shaped plugof'edible material.

3. The mode herein described of preparing stuffed fruit, said modeconsisting in cutting through the flesh of the fruit at one end of'thesame by means of a-knife, then ejecting, by means of a plungerintroduced at the other end of the fruit, the pit and the mass of fleshabove the same, then stuffing with edible material the cavity formerlyoccupied by the pit, and then applying a plug of edible materlal to themouth of said cavity.

4. The mode herein described of prepare ing stuffed fruit, said modeconsisting in first cutting the flesh of the fruit at one end of thesame bymeans of a tubular knife, then by means of a plunger introducedat and the fleshy mass above the same, then name to this specification,in the presence of stuffing With edigle lilllatel'ial tge cavity for twosubscribing Witnesses. merl occupied y t e pit, an then app ying 1 3 0the mouth of said cavity a plug of HORACE NEWCOMB' edible material of ashape similar to that of Witnesses: the tubular cutting knife. KATE A.BEADLE,

In testimony whereof, I have signed my HAMILTON D. TURNER.

